John Robert Lennon
JOHN ROBERT LENNON is the author of seven books, including Mailman, Castle, and Pieces for the Left Hand. He teaches writing at Cornell University.
On a sunny fall day in 1977, my father stepped out of a bar and collapsed on the sidewalk, the victim of a cerebral hemorrhage, and for the rest of his life was confined to a wheelchair, his legs useless, his voice slurred.